This little town near Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the definition of family-friendly. It hosts an annual art fair, music festival, and holiday parade; it's also the home of the Hawaiian Falls water park and Big League Dreams ballpark.

Most homes here are in new subdivisions, but several horse properties with white fences still exist on the outskirts of town.

Because the city code demands a certain amount of masonry, most houses are traditional brick single-family dwellings. --N.A.

Using statistics from data provider Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small towns for families. (Last year, we looked at small cities, with populations between 50,000 and 300,000.)
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